O 7:00 stredoeurópskeho letného času začal tretí tréning na VC Malajzie 2010, v ktorom bol najrýchlejší Austrálčan Mark Webber na Red Bulle.
Výsledky:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Čas | Strata | Kôl |
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:33.542 | 17 | |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.559 | 0.017 | 14 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:33.587 | 0.045 | 17 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:33.751 | 0.209 | 19 |
| 5 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33.992 | 0.450 | 15 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:34.090 | 0.548 | 13 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.113 | 0.571 | 16 |
| 8 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:34.174 | 0.632 | 15 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:34.540 | 0.998 | 13 |
| 10 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:34.549 | 1.007 | 17 |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:34.623 | 1.081 | 11 |
| 12 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:34.673 | 1.131 | 19 |
| 13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:34.882 | 1.340 | 13 |
| 14 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:34.957 | 1.415 | 16 |
| 15 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:35.026 | 1.484 | 16 |
| 16 | Vitalij Petrov | Renault | 1:35.076 | 1.534 | 17 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:35.477 | 1.935 | 18 |
| 18 | Kamuj Kobajaši | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:36.404 | 2.862 | 19 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:37.299 | 3.757 | 14 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:37.369 | 3.827 | 16 |
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:38.161 | 4.619 | 18 |
| 22 | Lucas Di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:38.783 | 5.241 | 13 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:39.868 | 6.326 | 19 |
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1:39.895 | 6.353 | 16 |
